ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 4d3aa519eadfc5cebea01e5244f0435702264319..ba899ff2a8f9b825b13808df694c6fe6c56642e0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who:       Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:  ide-tape driver
+When:  July 2008
+Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+Why:   This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no
+       reason is an effort no one wants to make.
+Who:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov
+       <petkovbb@googlemail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What: libata spindown skipping and warning
 When: Dec 2008
 Why:  Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 0598ecfd5f3706b0402182875f324474361bbf5b..43e0e05577763b4bcd166dc4d14128dd94dac9d2 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -3765,6 +3765,11 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
        g->fops = &idetape_block_ops;
        ide_register_region(g);
 
+       printk(KERN_WARNING "It is possible that this driver does not have any"
+               " users anymore and, as a result, it will be REMOVED soon."
+               " Please notify Bart <bzolnier@gmail.com> or Boris"
+               " <petkovbb@gmail.com> in case you still need it.\n");
+
        return 0;
 
 out_free_tape: